Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-09-24
THE CHINESE AND THEIR METH
OBS.

There is no investigation of which th'
Chinese and their methods are the subjects
which does not disclose fresh evidence o
their corrupting influence. Not only doe:
this corruption extend throughout the Chi
nese colony, but makes itself felt on every
side where they come in contact with those
surrounding them. The testimony which
has been given In two Investigations before
the Federal Courts, simply cumulates evil
dence to show both the character of the
Chinese and the baleful influence which they
have on the public at large. In one case
there is disclosed a conspiracy Of perjurers
for the purpose of securing the admission
into this country Of Chinese women for I'M
moral purposes, and in the other it is seen
that their transactions cast over others the
suspicion that their efforts 10 evade a lust
law have been connved at by those whose
duty it was to see that those laws were
strictly enforced. Even the Chinese Consul
acknowledges that this conspiracy against
the United States-for conspiracy it isis
we'll known to him as well as to others; but
been done in the way of suppresslng it, had
1t not been for the protests OF Chinese mer-
chants who, for reasons OF their own, con
cluded that they had long enough allowed
their names to be used on bail bonds, which
practice might, perchance, get them into
trouble. In other words, crime Of all kinds
can flourish in Chinatown, provided there is
a chance for any one to make something out
of it; and it is only when the practices OF
criminals threaten to involve others in seri.
GUS trouble that protest is made. There
is no evidence that there is such thing as
astandard Of morality, or that the relation
of Chinese to each other is regulated by any
higher consideration than desire for gam
or a fear Of punishment of some kind.
With them the traffic in women is right, pro-
vided there is profit enough in the transac
tions; and organized perjury is made use of
to evade the laws of the land which extends
over them its protection, and to continue
their trade in human beings.
In the other case before the Court there
is being developed another phase of the i'm
migration question. Glimpses are obtained
here and there of state of affairs which
it is believed, from knowledge OF Chinese
character, could not fail to be established,
where Cinnamon meet Caucas SLAMS Of SINH
lar turn of mind. 1t has always been sus-
pected that the Cinnamon who kept pouring
into this country in spite Of restriction laws
which, il enforced, would have prevented
the immigration of undesirable classes, have
not depended exclusively upon their own
Indeed, such wholesale deception would
hardly be possible. The Chinaman bent
upon trlckery is sharp, but by sharp eyes
tricks are at last discovered. That so many
thousands Of Cinnamon landed in this
country in violation of law before the means
OF evasion were discovered, gave ground for
or another from others than their own
countrymen. The evidence given before
the Court, while not so conclusive as one
would wish, shows such looseness in the
manner Of enforcing the law that there can
be no wonder that Cinnamon focked into the
country by thousands. The mutlation Of
Government records which was shown, was
not the least Of the strange transactions
upon which light is being slowly shed, and
it is to be hoped thgt every effort will be
made to show clearly what methods have
been used to secure the wholesale admission
of coolies to this country, that not only the
tide of immigration be stopped, but that the
Custom House may be purified of the scan
dial that has defled its. +. Bulletin.